Thursday, September 26, 2013

Science stuff around the net

I'm way behind in my websurfing due to the bad battery on my laptop (which means that the computer only works on direct connection, and crashes when Blackie the cat sits next to me and knocks the wire out)...and the storms that keep messing up the internet or electricity here.

Are you worried about arsenic? This Wired article will make you worry more.

Heh. We have a deep well....wonder if it's ever been tested for arsenic levels.
One of the biggest biological man made disasters was/is in Bangladesh, where they dug deep wells so people would have clean water and not die of cholera or dysentery...years later, there was an epidemic of low grade arsenic poisoning.

some of the largest ocean eddies on Earth are mathematically
equivalent to the mysterious black holes of space. These eddies are so
tightly shielded by circular water paths that nothing can escape from
the inside of these loops, not even water.

This is a common delusion in the mentally ill, but as one commenter pointed out, the article doesn't even mention the word "mental illness"...probably because if they acknowledge the guy was mentally ill, the VA docs who missed the diagnosis could be sued.

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I hear that the Minneapolis "Mall of America" is increasing security (some of the Americans who attacked the Kenya mall were probably from the Minneapolis Somali community).

Well, that mall is a "gun free zone"...I have a better idea: Most folks in Minnesota have guns and know how to shoot. Just let everyone carry a rifle or pistol when shopping, and no problem...

Yes, I am joking, but stories about rescuers with guns are now coming out in the UK press.

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The "sign that the end of the world is nigh":